Category: haikai
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Passing through Storms
The breezes blew all morning. They now pick up to constant wind. The storm door slams multiple times. Mira and I wonder if the glass will break. Of course, the predicted thunderstorms are late, but they’ll come. Meanwhile, my head spins. X, formerly known as Twitter, is abuzz with election ’24. The sudden life and…
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#Haiku (8/9/24)
8/9/24: pudding flickering sunlight my nausea while eating rice pudding #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Shifting Dreams
A dream. I’m confronted by a bully, with a jeering crowd behind him. I stand my ground. He presses. A lucid dream. Something shifts. The bully nervously backpedals. I step toward him, instantly in his face. He throws an ill-considered punch. I have him on his back in seconds. Standing over him, calmly, I say,…
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How Jarring!
So many encounters with Jar Jars of Clay how their songs still echo Jar-Jar Binks how one actor’s decision unraveled him both actor and character reviled beyond measure all the doors I left ajar on a jar of Smucker’s grape jelly a too-tight lid I’m late for De Jackson’s Quadrille #205 for dVerse. But better…
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#Haiku (8/8/24)
8/8/24: wildcat scurrying mouse the crushing thump of a wildcat’s paw #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“the apple tree…” a #tanka (8/7/24)
8/7/24: stump the apple tree I played in as a child now, a stump “nothing lasts forever even cold November rain…” #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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#Haiku (8/7/24)
8/7/24: duty August rain I wonder who’s playing “Call of Duty” #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“incoming tide…” a #tanka (8/2/24)
8/2/24: camera incoming tide as we all smile at the camera where have all those photos gone? #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
Frank J. Tassone 